Chai Jin looked at Wu Song with a smile and said, "I, Chai Jin, are not short of money. I do things all depend on my interest. Let's talk about it, brother Erlang."

"Marine trade, build large ships and sail to sea, trade overseas, earn endless money and increase your knowledge at the same time," said Wu Song.

Chai Jin said: "How big is overseas? Is there a sea outside the South China Sea south of Fujian?"

"The South China Sea of ​​Fujian is just the South China Sea of ​​our Song Dynasty. It is more than ten thousand miles south. There are giant whales in the sea that are more than ten feet tall, and there is still room for the Eight Immortals table. There is also the continent on the sea, with gold and silver mountains everywhere." Wu Song introduced.

Chai Jin took a breath and said, "I have no idea then, I just don't know how much it will cost to build a large sea boat?"

"If you were to travel to the Jin Kingdom, a 100-tall silver ship to the Goryeo would be enough to carry 50,000 or 60,000 kilograms of cargo. Those who travel to the East China Sea would probably cost more than two or three thousand taels. From us to the north, we would sell cloth, porcelain, tea, medicine, and salt bricks to the north." Wu Song said.

Chai Jin thought for a while and said, "I understand everything else, what is the only salt brick?"

"Oh, this is the state of salt making it into bricks, which is convenient for transportation. Just hang it in the cattle and sheep house when eating, so people don't have to worry about the salt they eat."

He asked about overseas trade again. Chai Jin said that the Hu family, Li family, and Zhu family have already done it again. If there are more of his family, it will affect business. So he decided to build three ships that can still run farther, 45 meters long and five meters wide, the horse army has drawings of vehicles and ships, and craftsmen and the like. The specific price needs to be discussed again. Wu Song decided to go to Japan and to travel abroad to a distance after the fleet formed a scale, rather than just trading with countries like the Jin and Liao countries with their noses.

Chai Jin said: "How many ships does this fleet require in Erlang's mind?"

"The sea voyage distance is long and the risk is high. Even if you only travel to Goryeo, you will need ten to twenty sea boats on the Japanese front line. I built five of them, mainly for combat, and both caring for goods. Li Ying and Hu Cheng each built three of them, and the three of them were only a dozen. The number was still a little smaller. It seemed that I had to look for Chao Baozheng and let him make a few more." Wu Song said.

Chai Jin said: "Even if such a huge cargo ship does not run for trade, it will make a lot of money to catch fish on the Bohai Sea. Then I will build two more ships, a total of five. But I have a small salt field on the beach, which can be maintained by my power, but it has not developed much. If Erlang is willing to participate in the shares, how about we build this salt field together?"

"Let's see what to talk about after dinner?" Wu Song said.

After a while, the wine and food were prepared. In addition to chicken, duck, pork and mutton, there were also many seafood, crabs with big mouths, prawns with big palms, and yellow croakers weighing several pounds. The food was so full of people that they drooled and were very excited.

Li Kui said: "This big shrimp is really big, much larger than the river shrimps produced in our water pool."

After dinner, Wu Song, Chai Jin and others brought their own entourage and rode their horses to the beach. This place is dozens of miles away from the beach. After walking for two hours, I heard the beach. A smell of fishy sea came. When I walked to a secluded bay, a three-civilian courtyard appeared in front of me. This was Chai Jin's sea view villa. The sea breeze was strong and the sea breeze was fishy. Chai Jin only came here for vacation occasionally, and there were no people living on weekdays.

In a valley not far from the villa, dozens of large pots are boiling salt there. The firewood is burning, and the sea water in the pot is constantly evaporating.

Chai Jin introduced: "After the seawater is brought over, it is dried naturally, and then cooked in a pot when the concentration becomes higher. The dozens of pots produce 300 kilograms a day. In addition, the private salt of nearby farmers is bought, and the output is up to 800 kilograms a day."

Wu Song said: "Master, your method is too backward. Just calculate, even if a pound of salt is five cents, 800 pounds of silver is only more than four taels of silver, and a year is only more than one thousand taels of silver. Why not expand the scale? Look at there are 10,000 acres of sand beaches ahead, buy it there, build salt fields, rely on the sun to dry salt, and produce a huge output."

Chai Jin certainly likes money. As a businessman, he had thought about it, but he was not well-manned and had a relationship. The prefect of Cangzhou was quite familiar with him and could have an official-private joint venture, so that the private salt would become official salt. Of course, in addition to paying taxes, he would also have to give the prefect a sum of silver.

Chai Jin said: "If you do it, I will get him three thousand acres of salt fields first. I will go to the prefect tomorrow."

The tentative proportion is like this: Wu Song Siyuan shares, Chai Jin Siyuan shares, and 20% of the magistrate's yamen. The specific proportion is to be discussed in detail, which is an official-private joint venture.

The next evening, Chai Jin came back happily.

He said: "Erlang, haha, good news, the prefect agreed. He also said that I have such a good way to make money, why didn't I tell him earlier?"

"Congratulations to the great official. As long as the sea boat is launched and the salt farm is built, the great official will be the richest man in Cangzhou." Wu Song said.

The construction of the salt farm is mainly due to the labor cost in the early stage. Chai Jin and Wu Song both share the construction costs evenly. Chai Jin is responsible for the later production, and Wu Song is responsible for the safety. Each of them does their best in sales.

Regarding the construction of sea ships, the five sea ships were expected to cost 10,000 taels of silver, and Chai Jin paid them in three phases. After that, Wu Song helped Chai Jin recruit and manage them uniformly. However, the shopkeepers in charge of the transaction on the ship were arranged by Chai Jin. Chai Jin took 80% of the profits of each trade, and Wu Song took 20% of the profits, responsible for escorting and protecting safety.

After the matter was negotiated, how to sign the contract and how to implement it is the matter of the shopkeeper below. Wu Song and others decided to go to Hekou Port first and then go back to Dongping Prefecture.

After the Black Wind Pirates were wiped out, the warships equipped with artillery were arranged to go to Qinghe Island, where there were only sand ships equipped with bows and arrows.

When Wu Song and others arrived, ten boats of ponies came to the port, all of which were about one and a half years old. Their bodies had not yet grown completely and were easier to train.

Li Zhong said in surprise: "Brother is doing a big business. This time there are two or three hundred horses, which is so amazing. But why do you buy pony?"

Wu Song smiled and said, "This is not my business alone, it's the big guys. Hundreds of people are waiting for dinner. As for why they are all pony, it's easy to understand. Adult horses are savage and difficult to train. When they go to the farm, horses cannot grazed like on the grassland. Their main job is to pull carts and cultivate land. It is easier to train with pony. You can start working after raising them for about a year."

Ruan Xiaoqi was there too, and when he saw Wu Song coming, he rushed over.

"Brother, there are so many more brothers." Ruan Xiaoqi said.

Wu Song introduced: "This is Shi Jin, one year younger than you, and he has great skills in guns and sticks. This is Li Zhong, who has good skills and good eloquence. He is the head of admissions for our martial arts school. This is Bablu, a native of Fanbang."
Chapter completed!